Family Loyalty to Innisfree Hotels Hailing from Philadelphia, Mississippi, Richard and Candee Beckham are the proud parents of three children - William, 14, John Cross, 13, and Ellie, 11. Dad works for the union for Sprinkler Fitters, and Mom is an RN for hospice...

Eagle Scout gives back at community garden Evan Smith is a 13-year-old rising freshman who, in 2017, completed his 8th grade year at Episcopal Day School in Pensacola, Fla.  Students from EDS have regularly visited Innisfree’s ‘From the Ground Up’ community garden,...

GHTM Interviews Julian MacQueen - Originally published for Newsletter #3 of UWF's Department of Global Hospitality and Tourism Management on 06/27/2017 "Entrepreneurship at its finest" with Julian and Kim McQueen In this exclusive interview, Founder and CEO of...

By Mike Nixon, President Once upon a time, when Julian MacQueen founded Innisfree Hotels, he looked for opportunities that were more inexpensive in nature … things he could do with relatively little cash. Sometimes those hotels turned out to be acquisitions from other...

In May 2017, Innisfree Hotels took ownership of the Seaside Amelia Inn – a boutique hotel on Fernandina Beach in the quaint coastal town of Amelia Island, Fla. The 46-room hotel overlooking the Atlantic Ocean features the following amenities ... Newly renovated suites...

By John Tanner, Big Brother and General Manager When I was asked if I wanted to share my story about being a Big Brother, I was surprised, honored and excited. I immediately went home and thought how I should approach this. The more I thought, the more in depth and...

UWF in the Garden In the Spring of 2017, From the Ground Up community garden's Lead Gardener Elizabeth Eubanks was invited to speak to Christian Wagley’s Introduction to Environmental Science class at the University of West Florida. Wagley then encouraged students to...

Innisfree Hotels, Achieve Escambia In 2017, Innisfree Hotels made a gift of $10,000 to Achieve Escambia to support educational opportunity in Northwest Florida. Under the umbrella of the United Way, Achieve Escambia is a collective impact of leaders across industries...

Hilton Garden Inn, Fort Walton Beach Now Open FORT WALTON BEACH, FLA. – May 12, 2017 – On Friday, May 12, 2017, Innisfree Hotels opened the doors to the new Hilton Garden Inn in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. The 175-room beachfront hotel features … Beautiful ‘Lazy River’...

By Julian MacQueen, Founder and CEO, Innisfree Hotels I believe work done in service to mankind is equivalent to worship. This comes from the Baha’i teachings that talk about actions and deeds. This is not a religion of words, it’s a religion of action. You can’t...

By Mike Nixon, President, Innisfree Hotels I don’t know that you can teach this, but there are certain housekeepers in the world that really have a special touch. The first time I experienced this was while traveling with my two small sons - staying in a hotel in...